-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/10/08 23:54, Rich Healey wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 03/10/08 19:37, Rich Healey wrote: >>> Last night while bored and reading this list I saw that many use the >>> unstable version of Xorg on testing systems, and so I decided to do this >>> as well. >>> Works fine, well in fact, except that if i try to resize a VM in >>> VirtualBox it mangles my display, both builtin and external (asus M6a >>> laptop) go spastic and keyboard dies, no amount of ctrl + alt (delete or >>> backsapce) can elicit a response, and acpi shutdown doesn't work. >>> For now i'm using my vm at low resolution, but is there a way to go back >>> to the lenny xorg? i'm thinking about forcing dpkg to remove all the >>> xserver-xorg* packages despite deps, and then just using apt to isntall >>> the testing ones, then apt-get check? >>> Good idea, bad idea, suicide? >> That's what I'd do... > >>> This is my work machine so my usual tolerance for breaking stuff in the >>> persuit of knowledge is suspended. > i was asking whether downgrading xorg *was* suicide, not offering it as > a solution.
(Disclaimer: I run X via startx from the console.) I don't see why it should be. # apt-get --simulate --purge remove xserver-xorg Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: xserver-xorg* xserver-xorg-core* xserver-xorg-input-evdev* xserver-xorg-input-kbd* xserver-xorg-input-mouse* xserver-xorg-input-synaptics* xserver-xorg-video-apm* xserver-xorg-video-dummy* xserver-xorg-video-fbdev* xserver-xorg-video-i810* xserver-xorg-video-intel* xserver-xorg-video-nv* xserver-xorg-video-vesa* xserver-xorg-video-vga* xserver-xorg-video-via* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 15 to remove and 185 not upgraded. Purg xserver-xorg-video-via [1:0.2.2-5] Purg xserver-xorg-video-vga [1:4.1.0-8] Purg xserver-xorg-video-vesa [1:1.3.0-4] Purg xserver-xorg-video-nv [1:2.1.7-1] Purg xserver-xorg-video-i810 [2:2.2.1-1] Purg xserver-xorg-video-intel [2:2.2.1-1] Purg xserver-xorg-video-fbdev [1:0.3.1-4] Purg xserver-xorg-video-dummy [1:0.2.0-7] Purg xserver-xorg-input-synaptics [0.14.7~git20070706-2] Purg xserver-xorg-input-mouse [1:1.2.3-2] Purg xserver-xorg-input-kbd [1:1.2.2-3] Purg xserver-xorg-input-evdev [1:1.2.0-1] [xserver-xorg ] Purg xserver-xorg-core [2:1.4.1~git20080131-1] [xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-video-apm ] Purg xserver-xorg [1:7.3+10] [xserver-xorg-video-apm ] Purg xserver-xorg-video-apm [1:1.1.1-10] > I've downgraded smaller packages (moc) in the manner i'm suggesting > before, but never anything as big as X. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "The kniiife..., the kniiife... The life of the wife is ended by the kni-ife." Stewie Griffin & Eliza Pinchley -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH1hYuS9HxQb37XmcRAoRlAJ9yY3zTNMv8MJhOoozgyvlK9qq8kACcDgtC hPeUacVXhV/QeuoDV3zqJpU= =Vx7n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
